Aston’s Auctioneers & Valuers (Toy Dealers)

Aston’s Auctioneers & Valuers are an auction house in the West Midlands specializing in collectable toys from antiques to modern limited editions.

Their regular auctions cover all kinds of toys, including:

Toy cars from manufacturers such as Dinky, Corgi and Matchbox

Model trains and railways from Hornby, Lionel and Trix Twin

Dolls

Teddy bears

Toy soldiers

Action figures

Star Wars figures

Auctions are conducted on a monthly basis, and the company offers both absentee bids via email and live real-time online bidding.

Expertise and services

The Aston’s team consists of the following members:

Phil Aston - Director, Auctioneer & Valuer

Chris Aston - Director, Auctioneer & Valuer

Nell Hilditch - Auctioneer & Cataloguer

Marie Doherty - Office Manager & Accounts

The largest section of Aston’s sales are comprised of die-cast model cars and commercial vehicles from a wide range of manufacturers. The most popular and common are Dinky, Corgi and Matchbox, but toys from a number of small companies Tri-Ang, Spot-On, Budgie, Tekno, Chad Valley, Crescent, Benbros and Britains also appear from time to time.

The company also has knowledge and experience with model railways of every gauge, from companies such as Bassett-Lowke, Bing, Marklin, Lima, Heljan, Trix, Wrenn, Dapol, Graham Farish, Peco, Fleischmann, Jouef, Mainline, Airfix GMR and Rivarossi.

Aston’s provide a free toy valuation service at their offices from Monday – Wednesday (10am – 4pm), and offer home visits around the U.K for larger collections.